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funds are fungible and would allow the use of other funds for the use of abortion. he is called into an -- i called for an investigation into planned parenthood. guest: for many years, after the hyde amendment was adopted, there was strict auditing and accounting guidelines of and no federal funding was spent for abortions. but mr. stern send some of the other people to the far right of their party think that is if you get money for cancer screening and for checkups and for birth control, that allows you to use other money for abortion somehow. that is a false premise. frankly, for millions and millions of americans, their only access to prevention and to health care is through a planned parenthood clinic. i am not talking about abortion. i'm talking about cancer screening. if you eliminate funding for planned parenthood for the important healthcare services that women need, they will not be able to get those services. i have tried to explain this to my republican colleagues over and over again. and they do not seem to understand it. what plan parent hidden does is
funds are fungible and would allow the use of other funds for the use of abortion. he is called into an -- i called for an investigation into planned parenthood. guest: for many years, after the hyde amendment was adopted, there was strict auditing and accounting guidelines of and no federal funding was spent for abortions. but mr. stern send some of the other people to the far right of their party think that is if you get money for cancer screening and for checkups and for birth control, that...
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it really hurt us, in actuality. listening to your liberal scholars, they keep blaming it on everyone else. it is the fault of the american people. budgeting, not purchasing houses they can afford. you have to take some responsibility in life and say -- i signed on the bottom line. i bought the house and i will pay for it. if you've lost your job, there are so many people just taking advantage of the system. it was our president who was pushing for these home loans. now you have wealthy people and poor people living in these homes. when they leave a hole in the bank, it is not the best money. the point is, low income people have been bailed out through this process. not just the banks. they were the ones that purchased this overpriced real estate. they are the ones that did not budget their money. c'mon. let's be real. can we get back to common sense? proper budgeting? just go back and reenact the glass-stiegel from franklin roosevelt. acquiring 20% down. the american people did not want that. they want everything ou
it really hurt us, in actuality. listening to your liberal scholars, they keep blaming it on everyone else. it is the fault of the american people. budgeting, not purchasing houses they can afford. you have to take some responsibility in life and say -- i signed on the bottom line. i bought the house and i will pay for it. if you've lost your job, there are so many people just taking advantage of the system. it was our president who was pushing for these home loans. now you have wealthy people...
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host:, is joining us from ohio -- tom is joining us from iowa. what are you seeing and hearing on the ground from the romney campaign in light of the event we covered last night, the faith and freedom forum, in which both jon huntsman and mitt romney did not appear? caller: romney was not there. we was -- he is not wooing the social conservatives the way he did four years ago. he has been keeping his arms length, letting the republicans bang it out ahead of the iowa gop straw poll. i think seeing an opening here and rick perry not taking off the way people may be expected, romney is pivoting. he is looking much more seriously at campaigning hard in iowa. hart is a relative term for a guy who spent $10 million here -- "hard" is a relative term for a guy who spent $10 million here four years ago. he keeps in touch with regular supporters. he is building neat support among agribusiness and the small business -- niche support among agribusiness and the small- business community. he thinks that he can surprise in the iowa -- in iowa in january. it mak
host:, is joining us from ohio -- tom is joining us from iowa. what are you seeing and hearing on the ground from the romney campaign in light of the event we covered last night, the faith and freedom forum, in which both jon huntsman and mitt romney did not appear? caller: romney was not there. we was -- he is not wooing the social conservatives the way he did four years ago. he has been keeping his arms length, letting the republicans bang it out ahead of the iowa gop straw poll. i think...
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you can call us by phone. but the easiest way is to go online to opportunityfinancenet. -- opportunityfinance.net. at the bottom of the page there's something called the cdfi locator. you click on that, tell them you're in florida, and it will pop up all the cdfi's in florida right now. you can reach out to them. if you want to call us, 215-320-4310, and we will try to make a connection for you with the cdfi. of course, you have to work with the cdfi in your community to arrange the financing. but that's what we're in the business of doing. we hope we can help you. host: our guest is the c.e.o. of the opportunity finance network and serves on the reserve board of governors. this is from 2003 to 2005. back in 2002 president george w. bush appointed him to the cdfi fund advisory board at the department of treasury where he served until 2006. las vegas, our next call. roy, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. devil's advocate. i'm wondering, since this is a private organization if the financial stateme
you can call us by phone. but the easiest way is to go online to opportunityfinancenet. -- opportunityfinance.net. at the bottom of the page there's something called the cdfi locator. you click on that, tell them you're in florida, and it will pop up all the cdfi's in florida right now. you can reach out to them. if you want to call us, 215-320-4310, and we will try to make a connection for you with the cdfi. of course, you have to work with the cdfi in your community to arrange the financing....
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it is too tough on us. and it has caused the recession that we have now, it did exist because we dropped regulation even during the clinton administration, they drop glass stiegel, analysts the lack of regulation that made it possible for all the overreaching that took place about housing in our country. what we need is a market-based system, but one that is fair and good regulation. guest: if i commend my colleagues, and, -- colleague's comment, it was not just that the right-wingers had their way. all the agencies were permeated with people with conflicts of interest for incompetency. it went beyond right and left, i think. permeated our whole political system. host: new jersey, welcome to the program. what would you like to say? caller: of wanted to add on a couple of things briefly. a great deal of blacks and latinos from low-income neighborhoods, lousy housing, and the single-parent family household have a great deal of recidivism. that is something that you should be aware of as a professor. as well a
it is too tough on us. and it has caused the recession that we have now, it did exist because we dropped regulation even during the clinton administration, they drop glass stiegel, analysts the lack of regulation that made it possible for all the overreaching that took place about housing in our country. what we need is a market-based system, but one that is fair and good regulation. guest: if i commend my colleagues, and, -- colleague's comment, it was not just that the right-wingers had their...
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this teacher just kept putting us off and putting us off. after passing over 28 african- american students, then, 13 white women who were under level less than us who eventually caught up with us -- then all of a sudden, she taught the class. by then, most of us were burned out and we transferred. i am was disgusted not so much about paying the loan back but with the teacher, and i think they should do something about that. guest: this sounds sort of like a unique case, but in a way, it is a little more universal because there are issues with the availability of classes. sometimes students cannot get the class is they need to complete their major. this is particularly a growing problem with state budget cuts. classes are not offered as often, it takes longer to finish your degree. host: the "wall street journal" highlights some other ways to get a degree. what is called the american opportunity tax credit. there's a lifetime learning credit. student loan interest deductions of $2,500 of interest per year, and 529 plans. could you highlight t
this teacher just kept putting us off and putting us off. after passing over 28 african- american students, then, 13 white women who were under level less than us who eventually caught up with us -- then all of a sudden, she taught the class. by then, most of us were burned out and we transferred. i am was disgusted not so much about paying the loan back but with the teacher, and i think they should do something about that. guest: this sounds sort of like a unique case, but in a way, it is a...
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did not give up on us. coming up in two seconds is governor dean, former presidential candidate and former dnc chairman. he now joins us from burlington, vermont. governor dean, how do you think the president is doing? guest: am i the perfect antidote? host: you could not be better. guest: the president has been doing graces the jobs speech. he has got everything down to three words, which is what you have to do. pass this bill. we cannot wait. he's doing great. he is out there and his numbers are getting better. he is leading in ohio, which is a very important state for us. who can complain? host: you said since the jobs speech, governor dean. there have been reports that progressives and liberals have not been satisfied with the president. do you agree with that? guest: this is the fourth quarter. when i was chair of the dnc, i used to say we were going to elect a democratic president and then we would hold their feet to the fire. this is the fourth year. this is where we get serious about reelecting the
did not give up on us. coming up in two seconds is governor dean, former presidential candidate and former dnc chairman. he now joins us from burlington, vermont. governor dean, how do you think the president is doing? guest: am i the perfect antidote? host: you could not be better. guest: the president has been doing graces the jobs speech. he has got everything down to three words, which is what you have to do. pass this bill. we cannot wait. he's doing great. he is out there and his numbers...
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i think most of us if not all of us agree that this provision should be repealed. it is not nearly targeted and it would indeed impose significant and costly burdens on federal, state, and local governments. i think we should all remind ourselves it was passed some years ago and it was, i think, misguided when it was enacted in 2006 when we in the minority here did not control the congress. indeed, the ways and means committee when we were in the majority approved a repeal of the provision in 2009 and the congress ultimately delayed its effective date. i do want to comment on the title of this bill that refers to job creation, and it should be noted that this is really not going to address the need for creation of jobs in our country. we have been here now nine months. there is still no effort by the majority here in the house to bring up any meaningful job legislation. and when the president brings up proposals to create jobs, they are thwarted by the majority here and by the republicans in the senate. so let's support this bill but not pretend that it will create
i think most of us if not all of us agree that this provision should be repealed. it is not nearly targeted and it would indeed impose significant and costly burdens on federal, state, and local governments. i think we should all remind ourselves it was passed some years ago and it was, i think, misguided when it was enacted in 2006 when we in the minority here did not control the congress. indeed, the ways and means committee when we were in the majority approved a repeal of the provision in...
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randi weingarten joins us. we will talk with tucker carlson of the "daily caller" about the republican presidential race. and then a look at the health of the other end largest banks. yalman onaran of "bloomberg businessweek" is our guest. ♪ host: jenin the pagano appears before the senate to the sherry -- janet napolitano appears before the senate judiciary committee this morning. in other news, from "the wall street journal," this morning, the pentagon restricting the amount of detainee is coming out of guantanamo bay. as a sign of growing popularity, fantasy sports leagues have launched a political action committee. it is october 19, a 3 hour program for you today. in an interview with abc news that took place yesterday, president obama compared the occupy wall trapped -- walt -- occupy wall street's movements and that he party -- and the tea party. what did you see previously when it came to the tea party as far as the tone of the rally and messages delivered? 202-737-0001 for those of you who support the
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tell us about that. guest: the american military commander thought he needed a residual force of around 15,000 troops. that would be a force that could continue to train and equip the iraqi security forces. the security forces have a lot of capability, and i have seen them in action. but they are lacking some key things, such as air power. such as surveillance reconnaissance, intelligence, drones. the american military position was a residual force of around 14,000, a 15,000 would be prudent to. with the obama administration came down to, again, was about 3000 or 4000. to protect our embassy over there as well. that was the starting point of discussions. and then the iraqis basically could not come to a political agreement or any iraqi politicians was willing to stand up and say, let's have this residual american force. he was looking for some political support that he did not get to make that proclamation. then they threw in this poison pill of, we will not give the american forces community from a rock
tell us about that. guest: the american military commander thought he needed a residual force of around 15,000 troops. that would be a force that could continue to train and equip the iraqi security forces. the security forces have a lot of capability, and i have seen them in action. but they are lacking some key things, such as air power. such as surveillance reconnaissance, intelligence, drones. the american military position was a residual force of around 14,000, a 15,000 would be prudent...
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e-mail us batboy twitter.com/c- spanwj -- e-mail us at twitter.com/c-spanwj, or you can -- e-mail us at journal@c- span.org, send us a twitter at twitter.com/c-spanwj, or post to our facebook page. mr. constantine is the author of open quote price list: bringing down the visa and mastercard cartel." bank of america said recently that they would charge $5 a month for the use of debit cards. they argued they were forced to make that change because of regulations that alter the economics of the card. other banks agreed. jamie time and put the effect of the regulation this way. if you are a restaurant that cannot charge for the soda, you will charge more for the burger. merely an attempt to rationalize and ought to stay one of the largest illegal transfers of wealth from consumers to banks in american history. deborah carr is developed by banks for paper checks. the bank saves money. in the 1980's, these a calculated the savings -- >> "usa today," the lead editorial, "what about capitalism do they not get"? host: we want to get your reaction to bank fees this morning. john, good morning.
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is to be used. one key issue is that if you get a tentative non-confirmation that says the person does not match in the database right now, employers are supposed to pexplained to employees what thy can do. some employers do not do that. there have been reports that employers just say that you cannot work here. that is not supposed to happen. a lot of training could be done. host: raleigh, north carolina, greg is on the republican line. caller: i view this whole situation with great discussed. this has been going on for 40 years. the situation is not getting better. it is getting work. -- it is getting worse. e-verify could be effected, but it is torpedoed by those who do not wanted to be effected. it is a morass. any time the federal government is involved with something, it turns from a moderate problem to a gigantic problem. i recall when the illegal alien situation began to grow back in the mid-1980s, at least in this state from what i can tell -- i do not want to come across as racist, i just w
is to be used. one key issue is that if you get a tentative non-confirmation that says the person does not match in the database right now, employers are supposed to pexplained to employees what thy can do. some employers do not do that. there have been reports that employers just say that you cannot work here. that is not supposed to happen. a lot of training could be done. host: raleigh, north carolina, greg is on the republican line. caller: i view this whole situation with great discussed....
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if you have called us in bill last 30 days, -- called us in the last three days, pick up a keyboard. you can follow us on twitter @cspanwj or on facebook. this is the way the story is reported yesterday, the lead story in this morning's "washington times." "defense secretary says automatic spending cuts would be words."s' in his the article goes on to say -- that is what we want to talk about for the first half-hour of the program. we want to show you a little bit about what the defense secretary had to say to the house armed services committee, covered by c-span yesterday. this is where the secretary talks to the committee about congressional dysfunction being a national security issue. >> i think that one of the great national security threats is the this functionality of the but congress and its inability to confront the issues we face now. i think your concern is this committee that has been established might fail to provide the leadership that has been given, or the responsibility it has been given to be able to come up in a responsible way with additional deficit reduction. tha
if you have called us in bill last 30 days, -- called us in the last three days, pick up a keyboard. you can follow us on twitter @cspanwj or on facebook. this is the way the story is reported yesterday, the lead story in this morning's "washington times." "defense secretary says automatic spending cuts would be words."s' in his the article goes on to say -- that is what we want to talk about for the first half-hour of the program. we want to show you a little bit about what...
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let us go to jeff -- a tea party on the left. let us go to jeff. are you with us? i do not think so. let's go to the next caller. caller: as far as we are concerned, we are trying to self-destruct ourselves. the tea party is nothing new. take a good look at them. you do not see very many blacks. but there may be one black. some are brainwashed. host: focus on what the left equivalent is of the two-party. is there one? should there be -- ateteat party. is there one? should there be one? caller: [unintelligible] what ever he says do, they say do not do it. mitch mcconnell says his main goal is to do what? remember what he said? remember -- make sure that this president does not succeed. he wants obama to look bad. host: here is a republican caller from new jersey. caller: i and 7 miles outside of manhattan. -- i am 7 miles outside of manhattan. host: heavy st. the protests personally? -- have you seen the wall street protests personally? caller: yes. i am praying that they do not destroy the park. my problem is i understand what they are doing. i understand that is w
let us go to jeff -- a tea party on the left. let us go to jeff. are you with us? i do not think so. let's go to the next caller. caller: as far as we are concerned, we are trying to self-destruct ourselves. the tea party is nothing new. take a good look at them. you do not see very many blacks. but there may be one black. some are brainwashed. host: focus on what the left equivalent is of the two-party. is there one? should there be -- ateteat party. is there one? should there be one? caller:...
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caller: koran regulations are killing us. the taxes -- the regulations are killing us. the taxes are terrible. guest: i could not agree with you more. i will make a comment about the political process. the money that is raised to support candidates for office is already from the american people. it does not come from any other source. american support their candidates. i noted that president barack obama's campaign raised something like $70 million in the last quarter. these are huge numbers. i am a speck of dust compared to these huge numbers. but it gets back to why i am sitting here today in washington, d.c., instead of new hampshire, where i would rather be. sorry. i left politics for years ago. i never thought i would say my name on the ballot again. i was sitting there as a businessman and a citizen and i could not believe that anybody would vote for a budget that we would allow our nation's debt to exceed our of gdp. i have two children, 17 and 20 years old. i do not think if we do not change the retain that there will be any future for them. i am not sitting her
caller: koran regulations are killing us. the taxes -- the regulations are killing us. the taxes are terrible. guest: i could not agree with you more. i will make a comment about the political process. the money that is raised to support candidates for office is already from the american people. it does not come from any other source. american support their candidates. i noted that president barack obama's campaign raised something like $70 million in the last quarter. these are huge numbers. i...
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they evidently never heard of a book and blackboard that teachers used to use. we have one school with one teacher for 15 kids and the principal was asking for more money. obama is handing out promises like handing out candy out the back door of the white house. these young kids he is trying to trick into voting for him are the same ones that elected him last election. you hate to think they didn't get any wiser in four years. that would be a sad commentary on our education system. as if it was not sad enough already. he needs to quit campaigning on the taxpayer money and do what a president should do and quit handing out executive orders like he's handing out candy. it is ridiculous and childish. and most people here that are adults can see what he is doing. host: thanks for the call. inside "new york times" a story that broke yesterday 12 americans killed in a bomb attack in kabul representing the largest loss of american lives in afghanistan since 30 died in an attack on a helicopter in early august. marian joins us from rochester new york, democrats lien. ca
they evidently never heard of a book and blackboard that teachers used to use. we have one school with one teacher for 15 kids and the principal was asking for more money. obama is handing out promises like handing out candy out the back door of the white house. these young kids he is trying to trick into voting for him are the same ones that elected him last election. you hate to think they didn't get any wiser in four years. that would be a sad commentary on our education system. as if it was...
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are divisions within us. look at the evangelist who hail against this and that and suddenly turns out to be doing this and that. this is a complex human thing. we've got the best set of rules, however imperfect they may be. they call it sausage making over at the capitol, you know, about legislation. want to see how it's made, but it sure tastes good. we end up with a democracy in which there's lots of sausage making going on. and prohibition is one of those great examples, trying to figure out how to do right. alcoholism is still a big problem in the united states what are we going to do? >> sarah, jacksonville, florida, democratic caller. the conversation. guest: good morning, sarah. caller: good morning. thank you so much. being an outdoors person, i loved your documentary on national parks. guest: i'm so glad. thank you. caller: here in florida we have governor scott who wants to privatize our state parks. but my question is, many years ago my husband and i were protesting against the invasion of iraq. an
are divisions within us. look at the evangelist who hail against this and that and suddenly turns out to be doing this and that. this is a complex human thing. we've got the best set of rules, however imperfect they may be. they call it sausage making over at the capitol, you know, about legislation. want to see how it's made, but it sure tastes good. we end up with a democracy in which there's lots of sausage making going on. and prohibition is one of those great examples, trying to figure out...
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i believe the filibuster is being used -- charity of the minority has been used, presented to us. i know senator harkin has been trying for many years to change the situation. he has been unable to because it is inconvenient for both parties. i hope c-span could do a program about this. i really think our nation is in danger because we are coming up with some-optimal solutions, asked thomas friedman says. guest: i agree with you. there are some changes that should be made to the filibuster rule. i do believe there is a reasonable amount of time that people ought to have debate in the senate, but once that time has elapsed -- and that was part of the harkin proposal -- you need to have a majority vote to get things through the united states senate. he elections matter, elections cow when you have a majority. we ought to change the rules so that the majority can work its will. host: congressman schakowsky represents illinois. alfred. are you there? go-ahead with your question for the congressman. caller: thank you. good morning. i just want to ask you -- first of all, the philosophy
i believe the filibuster is being used -- charity of the minority has been used, presented to us. i know senator harkin has been trying for many years to change the situation. he has been unable to because it is inconvenient for both parties. i hope c-span could do a program about this. i really think our nation is in danger because we are coming up with some-optimal solutions, asked thomas friedman says. guest: i agree with you. there are some changes that should be made to the filibuster...
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us. this is a very corrupt white house. host: next up is mervyn on the democrats' line. caller every time a shadow comes up, he is scared of his own shadow. he believes in something, he needs to stand his ground and not be a chump. execute and continue. he is trying to run the white house by polling and backtracking polling. that is just wrong. he needs to stand up for our democratic ally accuse. that is what i'm all about. host: before you leave, the decision to drop this program was about cost and contain ability. caller: no, no, no. i totally disagree. he has scoured into the republicans. he is being a coward. he would have greater respect from the public by saying it may cause something but it is important for our seniors, it is born for our citizens, and i will find enough people to put them back to work to get our balance budget. host: what is important to hold on with this program? caller: you cannot make a promise and then say that you could not make that promise. you cannot make
us. this is a very corrupt white house. host: next up is mervyn on the democrats' line. caller every time a shadow comes up, he is scared of his own shadow. he believes in something, he needs to stand his ground and not be a chump. execute and continue. he is trying to run the white house by polling and backtracking polling. that is just wrong. he needs to stand up for our democratic ally accuse. that is what i'm all about. host: before you leave, the decision to drop this program was about...
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to use force. afghanistan now has been a long list war in american history. tomorrow is the 10th anniversary. we are holding a hearing on capitol hill today to talk to experts about the war and the cost of the war. we have had many of our young men and women have been killed and maimed and injured. our veterans deserve more than what we are doing for them. everything we have asked them to do, they have done, but we are still at war. i am saying we need to look at the fact that there are no military solutions and we need a different strategy to address our global peace and security. we are doing that today on capitol hill. if i think we really need to begin soon end the war in afghanistan. i have a proposal that i'm working on to say no more fighting except to protect and secure our young men and women and contractors and to bring them home and look at a different strategy to assure peace and security in the region. host: the panel being held, the co-sponsors, maxine waters and others from californi
to use force. afghanistan now has been a long list war in american history. tomorrow is the 10th anniversary. we are holding a hearing on capitol hill today to talk to experts about the war and the cost of the war. we have had many of our young men and women have been killed and maimed and injured. our veterans deserve more than what we are doing for them. everything we have asked them to do, they have done, but we are still at war. i am saying we need to look at the fact that there are no...
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you can use that line. tell us about your interest in electoral politics and whether or not you're paying attention to the presidential races thus far and whether or not you are enthused about being involved this cycle. we'd like to hear what you're thinking for our guest, heather smith, who is, as i mentioned, president of rock the vote. you spent your whole life in political organizing. how did you come into it in the first place? guest: i started all of this work around issues related stuff. so as a college student i was very passionate about social justice issues and also the environment. i ended up doing a grassroots organizing school called green corps and they taught me how to organize in communities and organize my peers to make change on issues that we cared about. and after doing that for a couple years, we'd win some, lose some, we'd win some, lose some, and i thought without the political power of my peers and actually participating in the voting process that we can flever really make change tha
you can use that line. tell us about your interest in electoral politics and whether or not you're paying attention to the presidential races thus far and whether or not you are enthused about being involved this cycle. we'd like to hear what you're thinking for our guest, heather smith, who is, as i mentioned, president of rock the vote. you spent your whole life in political organizing. how did you come into it in the first place? guest: i started all of this work around issues related stuff....
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it will cost us jobs and it will not be good for us. i think the vast majority of americans believe that the trade regime as we currently have that has not been good for the country. it is encouraging of soaring -- jobs to go offshore. i think the president himself when he was running looked at these agreements said that they were antiquated and do not meet the needs of the country. he was right then and is wrong now. host: you said that they are likely -- that the afl-cio is likely to endorse president obama third if you told reuters he would work against any elected leader who supports pending trade patrick -- free trade agreements. any elected leader. guest: that would be one of the of the things that will be put out there. as i told you before, there is no litmus test. there are a number of issues and this will be one of them. the jobs vote will be weighted heavily. the trade agreements will be weighted heavily. will the president's support of those bills make it more difficult to get all of our members to come out and support him?
it will cost us jobs and it will not be good for us. i think the vast majority of americans believe that the trade regime as we currently have that has not been good for the country. it is encouraging of soaring -- jobs to go offshore. i think the president himself when he was running looked at these agreements said that they were antiquated and do not meet the needs of the country. he was right then and is wrong now. host: you said that they are likely -- that the afl-cio is likely to endorse...
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give us a sense of how many people use them. guest: as a minute ago, i said that most of them used to be occupation-space. if you work for a government agency or a school district, you could to belong to that entity's credit union. but more more, they are becoming residential lead based. if you live or work and worship in a certain area, you can join a credit union. anybody can go open an account at any bank. anyone can now walk into any credit union and open an account, but we're sure that everyone in the country is eligible for les two or three credit unions. you just have to look to find them. host: what are some of the associations? issuers the biggest question mark guest: is the biggest in the world. government employees, credit unions, basically any large employer typically has a credit union. and what has happened recently is smaller employers will associate with a larger credit union. for instance, a credit union that serves a fairly large company may serve employees of dozens or hundreds of smaller entities and a local
give us a sense of how many people use them. guest: as a minute ago, i said that most of them used to be occupation-space. if you work for a government agency or a school district, you could to belong to that entity's credit union. but more more, they are becoming residential lead based. if you live or work and worship in a certain area, you can join a credit union. anybody can go open an account at any bank. anyone can now walk into any credit union and open an account, but we're sure that...
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i use like to listen and use would not like to talk. but for somebody like me who is stupid about politics, it is obvious they are tried to take him down. i do not think he is qualified to be present. just like the present guy, not enough experience. thirdly, ron paul has never been accused of anything. he is pristine. it is a tragedy we did not put someone in the white house who is an older man who as wrinkles. that is what it is about. he is an old man. women in a country -- it is sad, but i have come to the conclusion that men did not like women or do not respect women in america. if women search our hearts, we are wearing a parka -- burka. i have accepted it. it is true. host: let's move on to antonio. miami, florida. caller: good morning. what i think we need here in the states is -- are you there? host: we are listening. caller: obama -- all of these republicans who heard something out there in congress the other day at a meeting, you do not even love your kids and grandkids. all across obama government. sir, i think we should hav
i use like to listen and use would not like to talk. but for somebody like me who is stupid about politics, it is obvious they are tried to take him down. i do not think he is qualified to be present. just like the present guy, not enough experience. thirdly, ron paul has never been accused of anything. he is pristine. it is a tragedy we did not put someone in the white house who is an older man who as wrinkles. that is what it is about. he is an old man. women in a country -- it is sad, but i...
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tell us more about this. guest: that was greeted in the original legislation in 2005 -- created in the original legislation in 2005. none of those loans have been finalized. there have been several conditional commitment. they are still going through the final stages. that can be for a broader sweep the technologies -- suite of technologies. 1703 loans -- the biggest commitment was announced by president obama in 2010. it is an $8.3 billion loan to a very large utility. that is to build two new nuclear reactors at an existing nuclear reactor in georgia. that has not been finalized yet. that is part of this effort to help spur nuclear renaissance, if you will. i am not sure how far that renaissance is going to get. your idea -- the idea is that there has not been a new nuclear reactor built in years. they are very expensive technologies. host: this mentions reactors in georgia. our first call for ben geman comes from georgia, on our line for republicans. caller: thank you. related to the solyndra loan, since t
tell us more about this. guest: that was greeted in the original legislation in 2005 -- created in the original legislation in 2005. none of those loans have been finalized. there have been several conditional commitment. they are still going through the final stages. that can be for a broader sweep the technologies -- suite of technologies. 1703 loans -- the biggest commitment was announced by president obama in 2010. it is an $8.3 billion loan to a very large utility. that is to build two new...
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god did not bring us this far to leave us. ♪ that is not our track. [laughter] it was lovely, though. [laughter] if we need to, we can sing this acapella. ♪ out here not bring me to leave me lonely even when i cannot see clearly, i know that you are with me. i cannot give up now. i have come too far from where i started. nobody told me that this road would be so hard. i cannot give up now. i can't give up now. i have come too far from where i started. it is not going to be easy, but i do not believe that god has brought me this far to leave me. i have come too far. nobody ever told me it would be easy. it has been a little rough. i cannot give up now. i have come too far from where i started from. no one said it would be easy. nobody said the road would be easy. easy.
god did not bring us this far to leave us. ♪ that is not our track. [laughter] it was lovely, though. [laughter] if we need to, we can sing this acapella. ♪ out here not bring me to leave me lonely even when i cannot see clearly, i know that you are with me. i cannot give up now. i have come too far from where i started. nobody told me that this road would be so hard. i cannot give up now. i can't give up now. i have come too far from where i started. it is not going to be easy, but i do...
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legalize us and tax us. we are a multibillion dollar business. tax us. and the state in extreme needs for revenues, why not make this a atlanta industry? -- legitimate industry. i think that effort is going to go forward. i think the effort to suppress this when more and more people see its medsle value is probably not going to succeed. host: our last call comes from cleevel, ohio. millie on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. thank you for this opportunity. i am so frightened. what i see this resegregation in north carolina, i'm so concerned about the voter suppressing that's targeting 5, maybe 10 million people in the next election. it appears to me as if this hypocracy thing we keep talking about is far more advabsed than we could imagine. i think they've been very covert for the past couple of decades and now i -- i feel like they're just going to blow up the middle class and low income people. when are we going to get a fair -- like you said, it's time for debate. if we get a republican president, we're not going to have a debate. host: we
legalize us and tax us. we are a multibillion dollar business. tax us. and the state in extreme needs for revenues, why not make this a atlanta industry? -- legitimate industry. i think that effort is going to go forward. i think the effort to suppress this when more and more people see its medsle value is probably not going to succeed. host: our last call comes from cleevel, ohio. millie on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. thank you for this opportunity. i am so frightened. what i...
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god help us. host: anthony natalie has this to say about the advertisement -- host: charlotte, n.c., good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: thank you. i support the commercial. i think it is perfect for the republican party. they need someone like him to run. it would definitely give obama the presidency for another four years. host: is the commercial perfect? caller: it was great. as a matter of fact, it was the campaign manager? i can almost smell his breath on my television set, which is amazing to me. anyway, he should take sarah palin to run. that would be the perfect outfit for the t bagging republicans. host: here's a portion of the obama interview with jay leno yesterday. >> [unintelligible] [applause] once they narrowed down to one or two, i will -- narrow it down to one or two, i will start to pay attention. host: pennsylvania, go ahead. caller: everyone around here love that advertisement. it is not just smoking. he said putting the united back in the united states.
god help us. host: anthony natalie has this to say about the advertisement -- host: charlotte, n.c., good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: thank you. i support the commercial. i think it is perfect for the republican party. they need someone like him to run. it would definitely give obama the presidency for another four years. host: is the commercial perfect? caller: it was great. as a matter of fact, it was the campaign manager? i can almost smell his breath on my...
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you can send us an e-mail or tweet, or find us on facebook. what you think about the idea of protecting the unemployed from bais when they go looking for job -- from bias. selena katia found a temporary job at a delivery company that master qualifications. but the 55-year-old from cleveland said the reporter from the employment agency if told her she would not be considered for the job since she had been out of work too long. do you think this is necessary? have you experienced discrimination? let's look at what is happening with the jobs bill. that will be up for votes in the senate tomorrow. the senate looks at taking up that legislation. it has been nearly two weeks since president obama urged a crowd of supporters in denver to turn up the heat on lawmakers in washington to pass the $447 -- $447 billion jobs bill. let's go to the phones call. and from west palm beach, democrats line, richard, good morning. caller: good morning. why do they give the president sent a hard time to pass a jobs bill? i have been out of work five years. i cannot
you can send us an e-mail or tweet, or find us on facebook. what you think about the idea of protecting the unemployed from bais when they go looking for job -- from bias. selena katia found a temporary job at a delivery company that master qualifications. but the 55-year-old from cleveland said the reporter from the employment agency if told her she would not be considered for the job since she had been out of work too long. do you think this is necessary? have you experienced discrimination?...
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are you with us? caller: i am less concerned about what our president does on sunday morning as i am about what they do on friday and saturday night. i am more interested in whether or not someone is going to come home and beat their wives. i am more worried about whether or not they are interested in representing all people of even faceless people, what about the atheist? i am more interested in getting a job. the republicans want to say that they are about jobs and then all they do when they get elected is talk about abortion and voter fraud, which there is very little. they won a key people from voting. i am more interested in that. your religion should not have that thing to do with what you do in the white house. host: our last call from colorado, good morning. caller:, i lived around mormons and i live around them now. i have lived outside of salt lake city and i am going to tell you this -- the very afraid of these people and what their doctrine is. they have places in the hill because they bel
are you with us? caller: i am less concerned about what our president does on sunday morning as i am about what they do on friday and saturday night. i am more interested in whether or not someone is going to come home and beat their wives. i am more worried about whether or not they are interested in representing all people of even faceless people, what about the atheist? i am more interested in getting a job. the republicans want to say that they are about jobs and then all they do when they...
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but i did not use that word. i'm not going to complaint with anybody that does use that word. i drop 100% of benefits out of social security today. but my grandchildren will only draw 70% of benefits. the reason for that is that once used up, the law says you cannot pay out what the cash flow is. it is a ponzi scheme when people that are paying in today are not going to get out according to what i get out, compared to what i paid it in my lifetime. host: republican from iowa -- next call for senator grassley comes from a republican in vista, california, jules. caller: hi there. i'm from iowa originally. guest: when did you leave iowa? caller: 1956. guest: you need to go back to fairfield. caller: i went back about eight years ago. what i saw was it didn't look that prosperous to me. all the factories have closed down. all the things that i knew as a youngster were pretty much gone. guest: you would be surprised a number of entrepreneurs -- caller: i have to argue with you about that. do you remember a college? do you know what it is now? it looks like a compound. it doesn't li
but i did not use that word. i'm not going to complaint with anybody that does use that word. i drop 100% of benefits out of social security today. but my grandchildren will only draw 70% of benefits. the reason for that is that once used up, the law says you cannot pay out what the cash flow is. it is a ponzi scheme when people that are paying in today are not going to get out according to what i get out, compared to what i paid it in my lifetime. host: republican from iowa -- next call for...